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Fan illustration of Hekla, a blonde Valkyrie-helmeted woman with a glittering breastplate and fire crossbow
Crawler · First seen in book 1, floor 2

Hekla in Dungeon Crawler Carl

Hekla is an Icelandic crawler with a huge crossbow who leads a large all-female party called Brynhild's Daughters. Katia joins her group. Book 2

First named
Book 1, ch. 39
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Times named, books 1-8
245
in 45 chapters across 7 books
Biggest book
Book 3
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Status
Alive end of book 2
Dead end of book 3

How much Hekla is in each book

Times the text names Hekla (or ), counted by us in each book. Bars for books past your shield setting are blurred.

1
B1
35
B2
189
B3
9
B4
3
B5
6
B6
2
B7
–
B8

What Hekla looks like, book by book

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Fan illustration of Hekla, a blonde Valkyrie-helmeted woman with a glittering breastplate and fire crossbow
Book 1 First look
Fan illustration of Hekla as a towering muscular Amazonian with a huge crossbow on her shoulder
Book 2 amazonian

Hekla at a glance

HomeIcelandBook 1
PartyBrynhild's Daughters (leader)Book 1
RaceAmazonianBook 2
ClassShieldmaidenBook 2
SponsorOdetteBook 3

Hekla's story, book by book

  1. Book 1 Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Shown on recaps building Brynhild's Daughters and a Nordic shieldmaiden persona.

    Source: Book 1, ch. 39
  2. Book 2 Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Becomes an Amazonian, appears with Carl and Donut on the Danger Zone show, and sends Katia to meet them. She reaches number 2 on the leaderboard.

    Source: Book 2, ch. 7, ch. 19, ch. 21, Epilogue
  3. Book 3 The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

    During the train fight she plans to kill Katia and Carl so Donut and Mordecai would have to join her party. Katia kills her, and Donut raises her corpse as a minion. The recap reveals she left her poisoned husband to die early in the crawl.

    Source: Book 3, ch. 24, ch. 25

Is Hekla alive? Status at the end of each book

End of book 2alive · Number 2 on the leaderboard
End of book 3dead · Killed by Katia on the train

Who Hekla shares the most scenes with

Chapters in which both names appear, books 1-8. Counted from the text.

Princess Donut
45 shared chaptersCarl
42 shared chaptersKatia Grim
40 shared chaptersMordecai
38 shared chaptersMongo
33 shared chaptersElle McGibbons
26 shared chaptersDaniel Bautista
23 shared chaptersImani C
22 shared chapters

Hekla: questions readers ask

What race and class is Hekla?

She becomes an Amazonian Shieldmaiden on the third floor. Book 2 spoiler level

Does Hekla die in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

Yes. Katia kills her in book 3 after Hekla tries to have Katia and Carl killed. Katia takes her crossbow. Book 3 spoiler level

Why did Hekla betray Carl and Katia?

Carl concludes she wanted him and Katia dead so Donut and Mordecai would be forced to join her party. Book 3 spoiler level

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Facts come from our reading of Matt Dinniman's books 1 to 8 (Dungeon Crawler Carl, Carl's Doomsday Scenario, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher's Masquerade, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, This Inevitable Ruin, A Parade of Horribles). Each one is tagged with the book that reveals it. Counts and shared chapters are computed from the text. Not affiliated with the author, the publisher or the Peacock show. Portraits are our own fan art, made with AI image tools from the books' descriptions; they are not official art.

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